Oris finished 3-for-5, raising his season average to .529. He has 20 RBI
in 12 games this year.

his first win of the season as the Muhlenberg baseball team defeated
Moravian for the fourth year in a row.

The 14-7 victory clinched a share of the 2005-06 Matte Award for
Muhlenberg. The Mules have
a 9-4 lead over their Lehigh Valley rivals with five events remaining,
including mens lacrosse at Muhlenberg tomorrow.

After junior Pete Oris gave the Mules (5-7) an early lead with a
three-run homer in the bottom of the first, the Greyhounds (2-11) scored
four times in the top of the second. Bonder settled down from there,
striking out four of the next six batters and allowing only four hits the
rest of the way.

The second inning was a little rough, said Bonder. Maybe it
was coming out into the cold weather. After that, I settled down and got
used to getting loose every inning, and I felt pretty good. I was hitting

WOMENS GOLF OPENS

The Muhlenberg womens golf team opened its spring season by sending
three golfers to the Kutztown Invitational. Junior Kristen Amore
shot a 92 to finish 11th. The Mules were the only Division III squad at
the tournament.

spots, and we got to work off the plate a little more once we got two
strikes. Luckily we got a couple guys to chase.

Muhlenberg reclaimed the lead in the third on an RBI double by freshman
Edward
Risener and an RBI ground ball by senior Chad Hegstrom. The
Mules then put the game away with four in the sixth and five in the
seventh.

Oris singled in a run in the sixth and was one of two Mules to come home
on a double by junior Ryan Sassaman. Freshman John
Kalis two-run triple was the big hit in the seventh.

Sassaman had two hits and drove in three runs, while sophomore Daniel
Asip had his first career three-hit game.